Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals
Series Tied 3-3
Game Recap:
Heading into the dreaded Game 7, both the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes head into Capital One Arena looking to finish the series with win, and move on to face the idle New York Islanders. To start the game the Capitals would force the play in the Hurricanes which would see Andre Burakovsky forc2 Brett Pesce to cough up the puck and Burakovsky would skate into the slot and rip the puck past Petr Mrazek to make it 1-0 less than three minutes into the game. Then it would be a highly motivated Alex Ovechkin undressing Dougie Hamilton while entering the zone, and Ovechkin would then feed Tom Wilson who would one time it past Mrazek to make it 2-0.
Going into the second period both teams looked to swing the momentum their way, and for a good portion of the period the Capitals would force the play, however, while on the lone powerplay the Capitals would cough it up and Sebastian Aho would get it past Braden Holtby to cut the lead to one. But the Capitals would get their two goal lead back as Evgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Hagelin would team up to give Kuznetsov his first goal of the playoffs, but that too would be short lived as Teuvo Teravainen would get the loose puck in the slot and rip it past Holtby to make it 3-2 Capitals going into the second intermission.
Heading into the third period it would be the Hurricanes buildimg upom the momentum they gained in the second period as less than three minutes into the third frame Jordan Staal would streak down the wing and let go of a beautiful wrist shot past Holtby to tie the game at three. After a lot of back and forth in thebperiod, the game would remained tied after 60 minutes of play.
In the first overtime period of the game it would be all Hurricanes as they dictated the pace of the period and held the Capitals without a shot through the first half of the overtime period. However, the Capitals would escape the first overtime period.
Then in double overtime the Hurricanes would continue their dominant play against the Capitals, and after killing a delay of game penalty it would be Mr. Game 7 himself Justin Williams throwing it on net where Brock McGinn would tip it in past Holtby to win the game and the series 4-3.
Lineups:
Carolina Hurricanes:
Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams
Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook
Saku Maenalanen — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown
Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton
Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk
Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Petr Mrazek
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Haydn Fleury
Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body)
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Jakub Vrana
Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly
Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly
Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Parker Milner
Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (upper body)
First Period:
Capitals Goal – 2:13 – Andre Burakovsky (1) from unassisted
Capitals Goal – 6:23 – Tom Wilson (3) from Alex Ovechkin (5) and Dmitry Orlov (3)
Hurricanes Penalty – 13:39 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Hooking
Capitals Penalty – 16:58 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Interference
End of 1st – CAR – 0 WAS – 2
Shots 11 10
Faceoffs 12 17
Hits 15 10
PP 0/1 0/1
Second Period:
Hurricanes Penalty – 8:35 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Tripping
Hurricanes SHG – 9:51 – Sebastian Aho (2) from Brett Pesce (2) and Jaccob Slavin (7)
Capitals Goal – 13:22 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) from Carl Hagelin (1)
Hurricanes Goal – 16:37 – Teuvo Teravainen (3) from Brett Pesce (3) and Brock McGinn (3)
End of 2nd – CAR – 2 WAS – 3
Shots 19 19
Faceoffs 18 27
Hits 30 21
PP 0/1 0/2
Third Period:
Hurricanes Goal – 2:56 – Jordan Staal (3) from Jaccob Slavin (8)
End of 3rd – CAR – 3 WAS – 3
Shots 24 31
Faceoffs 22 31
Hits 42 29
PP 0/1 0/2
Overtime:
N/A
End of OT – CAR – 3 WAS – 3
Shots 35 35
Faceoffs 30 45
Hits 51 40
PP 0/1 0/2
Double Overtime:
Hurricanes Penalty – 2:02 – Saku Maenalanen 2 minutes for Delay of Game
Hurricanes Goal – 11:05 – Brock McGinn (2) from Justin Williams (3) and Jaccob Slavin (9)
End of 2OT – CAR – 4 WAS – 3
Shots 42 37
Faceoffs 33 47
Hits 60 43
PP 0/1 0/3
Next Up:
Carolina Wins Series 4-3
2nd Round v. NY Islanders
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